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Anchor Point woman dead after ATV rollover

Troopers were called around 9 p.m. on July 16 and told of a rollover on Anchor River Road

Voters fill out their ballots at the Challenger Learning Center in Kenai, Alaska on Election Day, Nov. 8, 2022. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Incumbents show lead in fundraising for state offices

Candidate spending is detailed in disclosure forms due Monday

Stacey Schultz, new executive director for the Homer Foundation, sits outside of the foundation's office after an interview with the Homer News. (Emilie Springer/Homer News)

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Schultz begins work as Homer Foundation executive director

Recently appointed Homer Foundation Executive Director Stacey Schultz began work Monday, July 15.

Furie Operations Superintendent Ben Christianson shows off natural gas processing equipment at Furie Operating Alaska’s central processing facility in Nikiski, Alaska, on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Drone test flight operates beyond visual line of sight between Nikiski and a Cook Inlet platform

The drone could perform deliveries to and from Cook Inlet platforms

Photo provided by Lora Haller
A dead crane colt is entangled in fishing line in Homer’s Beluga Slough. The crane was found earlier this month.

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Crane colt entangled in fishing line found dead in Beluga Slough

The colt had monofilament fishing line wrapped around its leg

Homer’s Cosmic Creature Club performs at the 2024 Concert on the Lawn at Karen Hornaday Park on Saturday, July 20, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. Emilie Springer/ Homer News

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Concert on the Lawn returns for a sunny day of music and dance

Homer’s KBBI annual Concert on the Lawn returned to Karen Hornaday Park on Saturday with about 350 people…

Founder Allen Engebretsen prepares to cut the aluminum 50th anniversary ribbon last Friday at the Bay Weld boat shop.  Emilie Springer/ Homer News

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Bay Weld Boats celebrates 50 years

The anniversary open house was attended by hundreds of community members

Emilie Springer/ Homer News
Keksi Geurts, NOAA Hollings scholar, and Jasmine Maurer, harmful species program coordinator, with the Research Reserve in the Islands and Oceans discovery lab after their public presentations on European Green Crab on July 18, 2024, in Homer Alaska.

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Invasive crabs discussed ahead of awareness day

A day ahead of European Green Crab Awareness Day, Jasmine Maurer with the Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research…

Homer Planning Commission chair Scott Smith reads his findings into the records regarding Doyon, Limited’s conditional use permit application at the special meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024 in the Homer City Hall Cowles Council Chambers in Homer, Alaska. Screenshot.

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Doyon appeal remanded to Planning Commission

Homer Planning Commission will consider revised conditional use permit application in future

Aleutian Airways logo. Photo courtesy of Aleutian Airways

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Aleutian Airways to resume Homer service Nov. 1

The company halted service in Homer in April due to restrictions from runway project

Amandine Testu. Photo courtesy of Delta Wind

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Missing hiker in Kachemak Bay State Park found

Park rangers reported Amandine Testu as ‘overdue’ Wednesday morning

Alaska SeaLife Center Animal Care Specialist Maddie Welch (left) and Veterinary Technician Jessica Davis (right) feeds the orphaned female Pacific walrus calf patient that arrived from Utqiagvik, Alaska on Monday, July 22. Walruses are rare patients for the Wildlife Response Department, with only eleven total and just one other female since the ASLC opened in 1998. Photo by Kaiti Grant

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Female Pacific walrus calf admitted to Alaska SeaLife Center

The walrus calf, rescued from Utqiagvik, was admitted on July 22

Photo provided by Cameale Johnson
Image from within the Cottonwood Creek management area looking out toward Kachemak Bay.

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10 acres of trail mapped in the Cottonwood-Eastland unit of Kachemak Bay State Park

Friends of Kachemak Bay State Park and Homer Cycling Club on Tuesday, July 9, held a work session…